UKHospitality Chief Executive, Kate Nicholls OBE, speaks to Paul Scully MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Small Business, Consumers, Labour Markets and Hospitality). Find out more about how Paul Scully plans to work with hospitality in his new position as Hospitality Minister and how the industry can play a role in the Government’s levelling up and building back better plans.

Kate sits down with... Paul Scully MP

During our annual Christmas Lunch event we took stock of the year gone by and celebrated the achievements of a vibrant and innovative industry. We spoke to UKH colleagues and industry leaders who were at the event, to reflect on a busy 2018 and see what their hopes are for the sector in 2019.

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S1 Ep6 - UKH Christmas Lunch Reflections And Hopes

In this episode UKH explores what the operating environment is like in the outdoor and event venue space. We sat down with Alex Brooke the co-founder of Peppermint Events to get his take; discussing how he identifies gaps in the market, staffing availability, technology and much more.  
 
In 2003, Alex Brooke and Adam Hempenstall formed Peppermint Events to deliver fresh event concepts and high quality bars at outdoor events. Peppermint now services over 40 events every year, primarily delivering premium bar solutions to one day concerts, sports events and music festivals.

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S1 Ep7 - Outdoor Venues

This is the first episode in the Compliance Explained series which looks at the various regulations and other compliance issues hospitality businesses will encounter.

This episode covers music licensing and the cost impact collective copyright collection can have on hospitality businesses. Businesses may have received bills from names such as PPL and PRS, collecting royalties for music played anywhere within a business that the public can hear. Listen to find out about the recent developments within this area, including the new joint invoicing service.

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S4 Ep1 - Music Licensing

In this episode we talk about rare burgers and what the law around serving pink burgers is. This follows the comments made by Boris Johnson where he expressed that he found it ludicrous that restaurants weren't allowed to serve rare burgers. 

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Series 5 Ep2 - Rare Burgers

In this episode we discuss the top 5 things hospitality businesses should look at if they want to ensure they get a 5 star hygiene rating.

Useful Links:
https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/e.-coli-0157-cross-contamination-guidance_0.pdf 

https://www.ukhospitality.org.uk/page/GuidesandToolkits
 
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S5 Ep3 Hygiene Rating Scores

Following recent data from The Sunday Times which found hosts with multiple listings now dominate the online platform websites. UKH explores what this means for guests, residents and the neighbourhoods they pop up in. 

Useful Links: 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/investigation-how-airbnb-has-been-hijacked-by-agencies-making-a-huge-profit-nvw082sl0

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S4 Ep2 - Dark Hotels

We speak to Nick Bish the founder of the Operations Managers Awards to find out more about the awards and what makes them special.

These award winning awards shine a spotlight on the talented level of operations management with multi-site responsibilities and celebrate the individual and collective success of the winners and nominees, who have completed a rigorous and stimulating series of challenges that assess their skill and contribute to their professional development.

Useful Links: 
 http://bit.ly/OpsAwards  

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EVENTS - UKH Ops Awards - recognising the talents of the vital link between HQ and venue

UKH speaks to Hospitality Heroes, Greg Mangham Founder of Only A Pavement Away, Tom Aikens, Chef and restauranteur and Anthony Pender Co-Founder of the Yummy Pub Co, about what they and their teams have done over the past few months to help during the Coronavirus pandemic. Listen to their discussion about their various initiatives and what their thoughts were as the pandemic hit and forced hospitality businesses to close.

https://onlyapavementaway.co.uk/
https://tomaikens.co.uk/
https://www.yummypubs.co.uk/

S1 Ep8 Hospitality Heroes

UKHospitality has launched a range of informative podcast series which explore a variety of topics and subject from Brexit to sector specific insights; as well as highlights from our events.

The UKHospitality Podcast